Needless to say, the Federal debt ceiling issue is now dominating the news wires, and although investors have so far been confident that some deal would be reached, the late hour is starting to spook some. After being given a glimmer of hope last week, we learned after last Friday’s close that the debt debates had fallen apart, leaving investors squirming about what this critical week ahead of us would bring.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) has been under investigation for nearly a year due its "questionable" accounting practices and frequent restatements. Anthony H. Catanach Jr. & J. Edward Ketz, two college professors, think GMCR will be going down hard before too long. Their verdict:

As the market has shown renewed strength, Technology and Energy have been leaders. Apple (AAPL) gave a stellar earnings report and hit another record high. IBM (IBM) also chipped in this week with a great report. However, Yahoo!

On Thursday June 30, 2011, Marathon Oil Corporation (MRO) distributed 100% of its interest in Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) to its shareholders. Holders of MRO stock as 5 pm on June 27th should add to their portfolios 1 share of MPC for every 2 shares of MRO they own.

For Sabrient customers, this change will be reflected in today's Investor's (H)edge and Earnings Busters portfolio updates as well as the Baker's Dozen.

Today, two stocks held in Sabrient's Stock Trader's Blueprint Portfolio, Frontier Oil (FTO) and Holly Corp. (HOC), merged to form HollyFrontier Corp. (HFC). Yesterday FTO closed at $32.31 and HOC closed at $67.54. Today HFC opened at $69.00 and finished trading at $71.86 --higher than the previous value of either stock, for a gain of 3.54%.

Walter Gault, Sabrient's communications editor, has picked 4 energy stocks you might want to consider for your portfolio. Each has have exceptional projected earnings and is trading at a low price -- in other words, GARP stocks -- Growth At a Reasonable Price -- in the Energy sector.